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- The test -- called the ORTHO T. cruzi ELISA Test System -- detects antibodies to the Trypanosoma cruzi parasite that causes the potentially fatal infection. ... <a href=" |
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- Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., has been hospitalized in Washington following a possible stroke, his office said Wednesday.... < |
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- The MARSIS sounding radar -- the first to be used to explore a planet -- has produced data that's described as unprecedented by principal investigator Giovanni Picardi of the University of Rome.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Two packages of cocaine, one estimated to be worth $600,000 and the other valued at nearly $500,000, have been found washed up on Florida beaches.... <a href="http://www. |
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- A Cooper City, Fla., high school student has been arrested and charged with changing the grades of 19 students.... <a href="http: |
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- British journalists paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a private detective to get private information on people in public life, a government report says.... <a href="http://www. |
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- U.S. troops will stay in Iraq until "the job is done" and Iraq is democratic and stable, U. |
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- Dr. Jack Kevorkian will be paroled in June after promising not to assist in any more suicides, a Michigan prison spokesman said Wednesday.... <a href="http: |
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- "Insects are especially sensitive to carbon dioxide, using it to track food sources and assess their surrounding environment," said Professor Leslie Vosshall, who led the study.... <a href=" |
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- Britain's Labor government has come under fire for trying to change the way it pays soldiers on extended tours that could cost some of them $2,650 each.... <a href="http://www. |
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- A Sarajevo court Wednesday sentenced a Bosnian Serb to 24 years in jail for mass rapes and persecution of Muslims in the 1992-95 ethnic war.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Ellis Stuart Rubin, a Miami lawyer known for his unconventional defense strategies and high-profile cases, has died of cancer at 81.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Democrats secured their 233rd seat in the U.S. Congress as former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez defeated incumbent Republican Henry Bonilla in a Texas runoff.... < |
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- Professors redesigning the Harvard curriculum will no longer propose all undergraduates at the Cambridge, Mass., university take a religion class.... <a href="http: |
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- Charlene Nguon's mother didn't know her daughter was gay until officials at a California school brought up her behavior, a revelation that led the girl to sue.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Using Xenopus tadpoles for their study, the Forsyth team examined the cellular underpinnings of regeneration.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Nystagmus causes the eyes to move in an uncontrollable manner, so people with the condition cannot keep their eyes still.... <a href="http://www. |
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- The study being conducted in Kisumu, Kenya, of 2,784 HIV-negative men showed a 53 percent reduction of HIV acquisition in circumcised men compared with uncircumcised men.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Researchers generally report not receiving encouragement or support from universities or institutions to talk about their animal research work.... <a href="http://www. |
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- The formation of ice is particularly problematic in cryopreservation, since the crystal formation damages cell structures.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Paul Arizin, who played at Villanova in college and Philadelphia in the NBA and was elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, has died; he was 78.... <a href="http: |
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- Atlanta Braves second baseman Marcus Giles is a free agent after the team refused to offer him a contract for the 2007 season.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Former world No. 1 tennis star Lindsay Davenport of the United States will miss most of the next year's WTA Tour because she is pregnant.... <a href="http: |
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- The Los Angeles Lakers will be without forward Lamar Odom at least a month because of a sprained his right knee.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Investigative journalist and author Kitty Kelley is set to take on iconic U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey with her newest book, a report said.... <a href=" |
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- Actress Julia Roberts has joined the Hollywood adaptation of Lolly Winston's novel "Happiness Sold Separately" as its producer and possible star.... <a href=" |
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- Martin Nodell, who created the popular superhero character Green Lantern, has died in a Wisconsin nursing home at 91.... <a href="http://www. |
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- The impressive career of Tony Award-winning composer Stephen Sondheim is to be the focus of next year's Southland Theatre Artists Goodwill Event in California.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Jay Bakker, son of former television evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, has taken up the family business and is starring in a new television documentary.... <a href="http://www. |
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- A report on Apple iTunes by U.S.-based market consultant Forrester Research has found that the online music and video store recorded a major drop in sales.... <a href=" |
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- A video parody of the U.S. film "Brokeback Mountain" has been named the best viral video of the year through the annual iFILM awards.... |
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- The musical rendition of Nick Hornby's novel "High Fidelity" is set to close its doors after less than a week of performances at Broadway's Imperial Theatre.... <a href=" |
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- The European Parliament passed a Television Without Frontiers reform on Wednesday, effectively opening the door to product placement in Europe's media.... <a href="http://www. |
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- A number of Hollywood stars appear poised receive award nominations for more than one of their films this year.... <a href="http://www. |
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- A posting on HBO's Web site reveals the final U.S. season of "The Sopranos" is tentatively scheduled to begin in little more than three months.... |
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- Daniel Craig's role as the new James Bond in "Casino Royale" has helped the British actor top a sexiest man poll by condom maker Durex Play.... <a href=" |
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- Comedy Central has ordered a half-hour animated pilot starring "Larry the Cable Guy," the Los Angeles-based so-called "blue-collar" comedian.... |
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- The British have not forgotten their country's past, as evidenced in a new report showing a strong flow of visitor's through British museums and galleries.... <a href="http://www. |
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- Top honors went to The CW's "Everybody Hates Chris" and CBS' "Numb3rs," at the recent Family Television Awards ceremony in California.... |
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- New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees was picked for conference offensive player of the week honors and Minnesota cornerback Cedric Griffin took the defensive award.... <a href="http://www. |
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- For the last seven years, Masao-kun traveled all around Japan, meeting other dogs, cats and even dolphins, and became a superstar, Mainichi Daily News reported Wednesday.... <a href="http://www. |
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- The new compilation "Eminem Presents: The Re-Up" comes onto the chart at No. 2 while Gwen Stefani's " |
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- Boyle, who died Tuesday night, had heart disease and multiple myeloma, a type of cancer of the plasma cells, his publicist Jennifer Plante said.... <a href="http://www. |
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